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A review by anna4
To Cage a God by Elizabeth May
Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.
Let's start with the good parts, because it goes just goes downhill from here:
Two things that the book did very right were
1. multiple pov
and
2. short chapters
Now...
This book didn't work for me for a couple of reasons, but it all boils down to mainly one thing: the writing.
The first 50-ish pages were rough to get through. Very confusing. I understood what happened and yet didn't understand shit. Those pages would have been a great prologue.
Most of the chapters ended in a way that made you want to keep reading but with the beginning of every new chapter you had to start all over again to get into it.
I also felt the direct speech didn't match the writing/thoughts of the character's pov.
Maybe the following is entirely my own fault but when I read "russian inspired" I expected something like winternight in terms of language and (russian) vibes. This book did have its own language (with a language key!!) but I felt like it added more to the confusion than anything else.
I'm annoyed and disappointed that this book didn't do anything for me because it does have an interesting premise. And dragons.
I would have looooooved if the dragons could talk with the sister they are trapped in. Kinda felt this was missing.
Some of the characters were great and the chemistry between them was just as good but this is not enough to enjoy the book as it is or convice my brain to not fall asleep mid-sentence.
For pure pettyness on my part: Zolotiye Palace is an atrocity to look at. I understand the language is made up, but you cannot tell me that "zolotiye" isn't from the word zoloto which means gold.
The grammar with Zolotiye Palace isn't grammaring. I hate it.
Two things that the book did very right were
1. multiple pov
and
2. short chapters
Now...
This book didn't work for me for a couple of reasons, but it all boils down to mainly one thing: the writing.
The first 50-ish pages were rough to get through. Very confusing. I understood what happened and yet didn't understand shit. Those pages would have been a great prologue.
Most of the chapters ended in a way that made you want to keep reading but with the beginning of every new chapter you had to start all over again to get into it.
I also felt the direct speech didn't match the writing/thoughts of the character's pov.
Maybe the following is entirely my own fault but when I read "russian inspired" I expected something like winternight in terms of language and (russian) vibes. This book did have its own language (with a language key!!) but I felt like it added more to the confusion than anything else.
I'm annoyed and disappointed that this book didn't do anything for me because it does have an interesting premise. And dragons.
Some of the characters were great and the chemistry between them was just as good but this is not enough to enjoy the book as it is or convice my brain to not fall asleep mid-sentence.
For pure pettyness on my part: Zolotiye Palace is an atrocity to look at. I understand the language is made up, but you cannot tell me that "zolotiye" isn't from the word zoloto which means gold.
The grammar with Zolotiye Palace isn't grammaring. I hate it.